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Still haven't come across Snakeweed and co in Canada, the ooze throwing turtles are CLOGGING the pegs right now. i don't think anyone wants these poor guys! Ooze flingers are the Turtles Smashblade variant it seems!! If playmates was Mattel, this would be a sign that the line was over!

Darn it. Was hoping to have one before Oz Comic Con Melbourne to perhaps get signed by Combs I guess I'll wait till he's on the shelves locally then. Packaging looks great and I lol'd at the green colour the hands and face are. Now where have I seen that particular green shade before ?

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I don't understand why there are exclusives for the line at all, it's supposed to be for kids, not collectors.

THat's a mistake Mattel makes all to often. Tunnel vision with your markets means you miss out on sales; Playmates knows there are older fans from the 90's, and, while the bulk of their profits may be from kids, there is money to be made of us old poops, as well. And doing something like this may just encourage some collectors who haven't tried the new line to give it another look, and apparently at minimal cost (it sounds like he's just a vac metalized version of an upcoming figure).

The lines that are going to do the best are the ones who successfully straddle the markets available to them, making things that will attract the major market of the kiddies while still offering something to interest collectors. Toy Biz was a master of that, offering figures that had action features and such for kids, but sculpting and articulation, as well as non-gimmick versions of characters, for collectors. Hasbro did that with good success with their Star Wars lines for some time (Revenge of the Sith toys followed that formula). To say "It's just for kids" encourages poor figure and laziness on toy manufacturers parts, and I think that's why we've seen a a lot of movie properties with figures sitting on the pegs for months on end in recent years.

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THat's a mistake Mattel makes all to often. Tunnel vision with your markets means you miss out on sales; Playmates knows there are older fans from the 90's, and, while the bulk of their profits may be from kids, there is money to be made of us old poops, as well. And doing something like this may just encourage some collectors who haven't tried the new line to give it another look, and apparently at minimal cost (it sounds like he's just a vac metalized version of an upcoming figure).

Not sure how to respond to that without this becoming something akin to a religious debate

I just don't think the odd exclusive based on the new cartoon is enough. The line hasn't been very "vintagie" at all. If they want to get more collectors on board, I think that needs to change. Something like this just tells me that they're small time thinkers. "Some of these comic-con guys are willing to pay $40 for an unarticulated figure! Let's go for it!!!"

Something like this just tells me that they're small time thinkers. "Some of these comic-con guys are willing to pay $40 for an unarticulated figure! Let's go for it!!!"

Have you ever been to SDCC?? People pay far more for much less

Its not about what you perceive the value, its about the exclusivity. That is what drives the product, this was meant solely for scalpers and fans to buy up under the flurry of getting SDCC Exclusives. Worked last year with the Night Leo and it will work this year since its a cooler figure

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It just seems like their focus is in the wrong place. It's been, what, 10 months since anybody on this site reported seeing classics on a store shelf? Did they like lose the molds and have to reverse engineer them?

It just seems like their focus is in the wrong place. It's been, what, 10 months since anybody on this site reported seeing classics on a store shelf? Did they like lose the molds and have to reverse engineer them?

Their forcus is definitely not on the Classics. Talking to them at Toy Fair, they admitted that they don't generally do lines where the collector is their focus. That's why they are moving along very slowly with Classics. Bebop and Rocksteady are probably the only other Classics we'll get this year. When they get released in August/September, they are re-releasing the 4 Turtles as well.

Their primary focus is on the "kids" Nick Turtles line. After all, that's definitely what's making them the money.

Thanks! I hate to keep being "that guy" who always asks the release date, but, oh well, what can you do?

Hey Pixel-Dan, what does the inner packaging look like? If he comes ina regular package like the rest of the line, I might try to hunt one down to hang on the wall with my others, but if it's just the fancy outer box, and a plastic clam shell in side, I'd probably pass, because I'm only selectively MOC'ing this line. I just planning on getting the figures of characters from the original series.

Their forcus is definitely not on the Classics. Talking to them at Toy Fair, they admitted that they don't generally do lines where the collector is their focus. That's why they are moving along very slowly with Classics. Bebop and Rocksteady are probably the only other Classics we'll get this year. When they get released in August/September, they are re-releasing the 4 Turtles as well.

Their primary focus is on the "kids" Nick Turtles line. After all, that's definitely what's making them the money.

As for the SDCC Exclusive, I'll just drop this here...

Great review Nice to see some better leg articulation and a cape on this figure. I sold the other one off, but I might get this guy. I so much wanted movie 1 Shredder's face under that mask. Rats!

I still have doubts about whether the Classic line will be available at all retailers. Seems more likely they'll be limited to one store again.

Thanks! I hate to keep being "that guy" who always asks the release date, but, oh well, what can you do?

Hey Pixel-Dan, what does the inner packaging look like? If he comes ina regular package like the rest of the line, I might try to hunt one down to hang on the wall with my others, but if it's just the fancy outer box, and a plastic clam shell in side, I'd probably pass, because I'm only selectively MOC'ing this line. I just planning on getting the figures of characters from the original series.

It's just a simple box with a black clamshell inside that he sits in.

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Originally Posted by Phil.Pastel

Great review Nice to see some better leg articulation and a cape on this figure. I sold the other one off, but I might get this guy. I so much wanted movie 1 Shredder's face under that mask. Rats!

I still have doubts about whether the Classic line will be available at all retailers. Seems more likely they'll be limited to one store again.

Thanks!

Yeah, I do hope they show up at more stores. It'd be great if they were a little more widely available.